Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-08-19
BRIEFS.

l,lh Junction broke up last Sunuay.
total eclipse OF the sun occurs to-
law II is invisible in the United States.
Among the recent arrivals in town
,.uo,ice a new doctor and another eX-
pres agent.
T. f, calculated that the present wheat
.,,p will yield between APO, 900 900 and
$4,000 900 bushels.
We certainly do feel sorry for our
friend Frank Jones. Twins! Both
girls, Poor Frank!!!
Winchester Presbytery will hold its
next stated meeting at Cedar Creek,
Frederick county, Va, September z.
Ex.Judge Josiah II. Gordon, prOmi-
uent citizen of Cumberland, Nd, drop
ned dead Saturday evening ofapOplexy.
We call attention to some particularly
good snake stories OH our first page this
week. which were sent us by friend in
Baltimore.
We are indebted 10 Mr.. Samuel ID.
B,ruhart. of Roanoke, for newspapers
and other interesting reading matter
from that place.
The property, effects, estate and fran
chise, Of the MarlinSburg and Potomac
Railroad will be sold ut public sale on
November 18th.
Rev. J. c. Bowman, of Hanover, Pa,
will preach in the Reformed church of
>arpherls;own at the Saturday and
sunday services.
The Berkeley Spring Nelss says:
Judge Beckwith presided with much
grace and dignity at this-his first
term OF Court here.
Two Observation-Disclosures, named
Ro,euberg-escaped from the Hagers-
town jail las, week. They were await
ing trial Tor burglary.
Ayoung son of Mr.. Murphy Tabler,
aged about ten years, cut his fingers
very severely while working with cut
ling box few days ago.
Jack Williams, colored man who
broke Jail at Wine ester few weeks
ago, was arrested at Harper's Ferry last
sunday and returned to prison.
There will be a tiremen'S picnic at
Pyu.Mar on the 9th of this month.
Frrmen from the Cumberland and
Shenandoah Valleys are invited.
An excursion from Hagerstown and
Intermediate points to the Luray Cav
eru, was run on Wednesday. \ few
persons from this place went along.
TIE Graded school building in Shop
berI,iovG ha, been vastly improved by
acuat OF paint artisIically laid On by
Nessr,. john Chapline and john Tn.
Geld.
Fleming Il Snyder, Real Estate Agents,
have for sale three nice iarIhs of moder-
ale size. Anyone wishing to invest in
i4uJ will do well to obtain further in
formation.
The Presbyterian Sunday School of
hearueysville will join the one at Mar
IInsburg in picnic at Island Park next
Tuesday. They invite all their friends
10 Dee with them on this occasion.
Gentle showers of rain on Monday
and Tuesday of this week revived vege-
h,ion considerably. The corn was BEN
riiited some, but there was not enough
rain to make the tallow plowiLg any
easier.
Captain Hess. the successor Of captain
W. 4. Donaldson, has entered OF his
dulles as superintendent of Antietam
National Cemetery. Captain Donaldson
ia, gone to the National Cemetery ut
Marietta, Georgia.
Oae hundred and sixty florists of Phil
airlphia aud New York, ell route to Chi
cago, passed through ShepherdStown
last sunday on their way to Luray.
They ale travelling in special train OF
TX Pullman cars and two coaches.
James w. Clark, aged tifty-flve, of
hagrrstown, brakeman on the Penn
'yIrania Railroad, was fatally injured
al Philadelphia last Sunday while coup
Hng cars. lie died soon after reaching
Tue hospital. He had been in the en-
poy ofthe company for thirty years.
Eureka Lodge No. los, A., F. Il A.
NJ, which lost all its jewels and furni-
'fe by the late fire, was presented by
The Grand Lodge OF Maryland with a
complete set of jewels and handsome
altar The latter is of elegant shape,
beautifully carved and finished in white
ana gold, with its top cushioned in pur-
pie velvet.
our August PanSy has come with its
'of'y pages of boy and girl stories and
pictures. We wish we could lend it to
"N The young folks we know. But,
what is better, send to d. Lothrop Com
paly, Boston, for it. The subscription
p''ce Is 81 year; but they will send
you one number for five cents-it may
Oea back number. 1t is veritable
missionary.
lie Hagerstown daily Globe surprised
TIVE natives last Friday. Without any
"4rhlng it came out to its readers en-
'"'sed to seyen-colnmn folio, with a
~" dress of type, new press, and all
'"e modern improvements, making its
geographical appearance faultless. The
''"'e Is paper that reflects credit on
ei' and the community in which it
MUS forth. We heartily congratulate
~ and hope that its prosperity may con-
"nae On the upgrade.